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1 hour ago, Bainsfordbairn said:
Fair answer, and FWIW I'd have been in favour of the patrons bid just as I would have with the previous one.
Re the 45K. I obviously have no idea of our current budget, but a couple of years back when we first got relegated I think it was around 1.5 million. Let's say around a million just for the sake of debate.
That's less a twentieth of our income. Maybe the value or one or two players?
The DOF is probably one of the two most important people at the club, the other obviously being the manager. If we're confident he'll deliver success then it is not a salary worth paying?
It's a bit like a salesman. Not matter how much they cost, a good one will always earn you several times more than you pay out.
This is the key for me. It's always framed as 'can we afford this?' because it's a position we didn't previously have. But a good DoF can make you money with savvy transfers and save you money by signing less dross that you end up having to pay off early to bin.
Whether Holt is that person is a completely different question.
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Alex Rae would get us out this league.
At the wrong end.
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14 hours ago, Bantabairn said:
Unconnected to the recent posts, Kelly make the big leagues ? Five of our ex players today, would we have done better this season with the likes of Tidser Austin Higgenbottom ...
As bad as we were, Austin or Higginbotham might have been enough to get us over the line. Tidser was a passenger for us though.
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Next manager markets, especially at our level, are so illiquid that a couple of small bets can massively move prices. He may be our next manager but it wouldn't surprise if that was McBookie trying to drum up some action during a slow period with little football.
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Jacobs would be a bit of a meh signing imo. Has played the majority of his career at Championship level so would do a job but will be 30 next month and it's an area of the pitch we need younger legs in.
I've liked what I've seen from Nesbitt this season and does have age on his side.
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Would be astounded if Provan has watched us outside of the two OF cup games on Premier.
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'the pain is almost physical'
f**k up.
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1 hour ago, Marshmallo said:
Just get a likeable team on the park again and make it enjoyable to go to the football again before anything else. It has been hellish watching us over the last four years with players who are faceless, cowardly or both. There are a thousand things we should (rightly) want changed at the club but for me the most fundamental is give me some entertainment on a Saturday, otherwise I'm so worn down watching a lot of generic plodders that I'll just go and watch eg Pollok in an entertaining game with my mates where I can get in for £6 and get a pint at half time. At our "best" in the last 3 or 4 years we have been unbelievably dull.
This point about making us more enjoyable to watch is practical as well. A full-time team in L1 should be dominating possession and playing attacking football due to the resources and extra time on the training pitch. We've had these advantages over 8 other sides (9 last season) and you wouldn't even know it.
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On 19/01/2011 at 01:40, Trump said:
SACK EVERYONE!!
10 years on, still relevant.
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Narrow home win if Airdrie rest a few. Comfortable home win if they go strong.
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Don't have a huge opinion on Peter Grant either way but you surely can't criticise him for getting relegated this season without also acknowledging he kept them up in 19/20.
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7 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
Neilson could genuinely end up being our POTY.
Give it to one of the ball boys imo
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Why are people still replying to this yflab clown? BAMO (block and move on)
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55 minutes ago, Harry Kinnear said:
I absolutely get this and think a hybrid model may be our way out. We are scraping the bottom of the full time barrel continually signing dross who really should not be making a living playing football.
Say we pay a squad of full time players £500 a week (only using this as an example, I am in no way itk) and we have 20 players in that squad. Would we maybe be better having 10 part time players who are the cream on £300 a week and signing 10 better full timers on £700 a week. We could probably get better players.
A lot of folk have decent jobs and don't want to turn pro. I would always want us to be a full time club but until we are out of this league it may be an option worth exploring.
It certainly feels like we've become one last payday for some players.
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An absolute mystery why so few people voted for this guy.
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ITK or just speculation?
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Please tell me his contract is up this summer.
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If the BBC are planning to broadcast play-offs I'd quite happily see us finish 5th. Less embarrassing that way.
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Comfortable home win. We've been fortunate to avoid Thistle since they've had Tiffoney. He could have a field day against our clownshoe defence tomorrow.
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That bench is pitiful.
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Who's going to be the first journo or blue tick w****r to say this was harsh because we're still in the title race?
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40 minutes ago, MrDust said:
He will be happy enough with P/T football with his job outside the game, cmon Stewarty leave your well paid safe job for a year at Falkirk.
That's unfortunate. He's a manager I really rate but wasn't aware of his situation outside of football.
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For next season Petrie would be my shout from the obvious candidates. Had Montrose exceeding expectations every season he's been there.
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1 hour ago, Sortmeout said:
One of the worst managers we’ve had in the last 20 years absolutely schooled Falkirk best manager in the play offs a few years ago.
Probably our worst season since Totten left and that was probably Falkirks best season this century - smashed by Lee Clark’s Kilmarnock in the end.
Having better players isn't a managerial schooling.
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The Falkirk FC Thread
in Scottish League 1 General Chatter
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I've heard the same and would be fairly pleased if true. Watched a fair bit of Stranraer highlights last season and he looks quick, direct and puts himself about. Came through Hibs academy and have seen a few people within football saying they're surprised he dropped as low as L2 and LL. Only 20 so hopefully a nice project for us.